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For there is no authority except <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>from God, and those which exist have been appointed by God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Therefore <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>whoever resists that authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For rulers are not <i>a cause of</i> fear for <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of that authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword in vain, for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of that wrath, but also because of conscience. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For because of this you also pay taxes, for <i>rulers</i> are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax <i>is due</i>; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>his neighbor has fulfilled <i>the</i> law. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For this, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Love does not work evil against a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of <i>the</i> Law. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And <i>do</i> this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The night is almost gone, and the day is at hand. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Let us walk properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to <i>its</i> lusts.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>soul</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>by</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>he who</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>good work</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>the other</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>our salvation is nearer than when</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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